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CHILDREN OF AUTUMN 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORS 
AND MONOTINT BY 



MAUD HUMPHREY 

VERSES BY 

EDITH M. THOMAS 




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NEW YORK 

Copjrighl, iSSS, by 

FREDERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER 





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Count all tbc plumes of (^ol^cu=ro^, 
Ubat bv tbe couiitrv roaCtsibcs noD ; 
Count all tbe little teatberv blooms 
TTbat make tbe GOlC>en=rob's fja\? plumes- 



So man\> times 3 love tbis sprite, 
Mitb sunr=burnt cbeehs an& eve^beams briobt, 
Tiaibo sboulC>er=&eep in iiellow flowers, 
Spen^g all tbe lajv? sunsbine bours. 



TTbe fincbes, ^re6se& in ciol& an& blael?, 
Bre ahvavs flittiiui on bis traei;, 
HnD sometimes frolie spi^ers la\? 
XTbeir ticklinc) webs aeross bis wa\? ! 

£dt//i I\f. Thomas. 



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©ctobec tbc Hrtist 

©ctobcr i5 an artist rare, 

1be paints new pictures, ever\? J>a\? ; 
1J3is colors come from who hnows wbere?— 

1Re&, orange, purple, mist? orag : 
Ibe toucbcs first tF^e maple leaf 
TOlbicb biting frosts bave brougbt to grief. 



Ibe paints tbe grass, auD ever? vine 
XCbat clambers over fence or yvall : 

Ibis basel eses mischievous shine, 
jFor when tbe leaves begin to fall, 

Ibe makes them C>ance aroun&, aroun&, 

Un elfin rings along tbe grounb ! 

Edith M. Thomas. 



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as 5reamiiui bv? m\? fire H sat, 

IF bcarJ> a merrv Mn; 
Ubc &oor 11 openeb wibe ; at that, 

H 6ti*aiiflcr=cbil& 6teppe& in. 
Ibc wore a fleecv?, warm, wbite bat 

Uic^ roim& bis CtimpleC* cbin. 



©reen leaves ati5 berries re& be brouobt ; 

Ibis tace au5 voice were J0U5 :— 
"3 bave no flowers, but tbese, II tboiujbt, 

MouI5 cure vour inelancFwlg. 
Til sing a sotKj, tbat IF've been taugbt,— 

irt's calle&, 'TF^eicib bo, tbe UxMl?!'" 

Edith Hf. Thomas. 



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